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John  Baldessari:   Nose and Ears, Etc.: Couple and Man with Gun
 
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Description
Artist: Baldessari John
Title: Nose and Ears, Etc.: Couple and Man with Gun
Style: Contemporary (ca. 1945-present)
Medium: Prints, Lithograph, Embossing, Lithograph, embossing, debossing, metal die cut, two sheets of paper per print
Year: 2007
Print/Casting Year: 2007
Size: height - 22.5 in, width - 33.5 in, depth - 0 in
Markings: signed, Signed and dated lower right, Numbered lower left
Edition: A/P 3 (Edition of 50)
Foundry/Publisher: El Nopal Press, Los Angeles
Estimate: from $3,500 to $5,000

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John Baldessari
Nose and Ears, Etc.: Couple and Man with Gun, 2007
Lithograph, embossing, debossing, metal die cut, two sheets of paper per print
22.5 x 33.5 in unframed
57.15 x 85.09 cm unframed

Since 1973 John Baldessari has been exploring photography as a way to create collaged compositions that explore the relationships between images. He takes his imagery from many sources, including advertising and film. He also applies a painterly element to remind the viewer that the hand of the artist is not only in the ordering of the images but to hybridize mark making and photo making. John Baldessari has been termed "one of the most influential artists to emerge since the mid-1960s." From his photo-text canvases to his composite photo collages and installations, Baldessari has contributed to the definition of postmodern art. In the early 1970s, he produced droll conceptual videotapes that are ironic investigations into perception, meaning and interpretation, rendered with deadpan, often absurdist humor. Baldessari is one of the most well known artists of our time, with over 120 solo exhibitions worldwide.

Framed in black wood frame with plexi glazing, shadow box with no mat.
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      Shipping Weight: 15 lbs
      Framing: Yes
      Item Location: California, USA
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Sales Results for Comparable Work

  • John Baldessari
    Two Bowlers (With Questioning Person), 1994
    screenprint
    36.2 in. x 47.6 in. / 92.0 cm. x 121.0 cm.
    Signed

    ed.23/43

    Sold for US $4,364

    Bonhams Knightsbridge:
    Wednesday, July 01, 2009, (Lot 00004)
    Vision 21

  • John Baldessari
    Two Figures: One leaping (orange), one reacting (blue and green), 2005
    color lithograph
    7.1 in. x 8.9 in. / 18.0 cm. x 22.5 cm.
    Signed

    ed.38/40

    Sold for US $5,400

    Los Angeles Modern Auctions:
    Sunday, June 07, 2009, (Lot 00539)
    20th Century Modern Design & Fine Art

  • John Baldessari
    Cliché, 1995
    lithograph and silkscreens in colors
    14.1 in. x 13.8 in. / 35.8 cm. x 35.0 cm.
    Signed, Stamped

    ed.15/50

    Sold for US $6,000

    Bonhams & Butterfields:
    Tuesday, May 20, 2008, (Lot 00216)
    Prints

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